Minestrone

Recipe Cuisine: Italian
Recipe Category: Italian
Recipe Serves: 8

Recipes Ingredients:

1/4 c Olive oil
1 pk Frozen chopped spinach,
1 Clove Garlic, minced
-thawed (10 oz)
1 md Onion, thinly sliced then
1/2 ts Dried basil
-cut in half 1
tb Minced fresh parsley
2 Stalks Celery, sliced
1/4 ts Dried sage
2 c Shredded cabbage
Salt and pepper to taste
2 c Sliced carrots
1/2 c Uncooked Rice (optional)
1 cn Cannellini beans, rinsed and
1/4 c Ditalini OR other small
-drained (10 oz.)
-hollow Pasta (optional)
1 cn Italian plum tomatoes,
8 c Beef stock
-crushed by hand, including 1/4
c Grated parmesan cheese
Liquid (28 oz)

Recipe Instructions:

Heat oil in a stockpot, add garlic, onion, celery, cabbage and carrot and saute' 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add all other ingredients except parmesan cheese; cover and simmer 45 minutes. Add parmesan Cheese and stir well; simmer another 5 minutes and serve. Serves 8 to 10 SOURCE: *Quick Italian Cuisine International, Knapp Press C 1984 ISBN 0-89535-147-1 SHARED BY: Jim Bodle 3/93